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How to attract bats into your garden

“You may already have a lot of plants that attract the insects that bats need to feed from, things like ox-eye daisies, hawthorns, dog roses, violas and some of our so-called weeds like bird’s-foot ...
In many cultures, extending back millennia, bats have been associated with the devil, witchcraft and evil-doers. Their nocturnal activities have spurned countless myths about malevolent behavior: ...
“They are an indicator species which lets us know that the environment is doing well where we are,” she says. “When we have bats in our garden, akin to having birds in our garden, it means we’ve got ...
It is estimated that 200,000 to 300,000 species of invertebrates — like bees, beetles, butterflies, moths and mosquitoes — serve as pollinators worldwide. Around 2,000 mammals, birds, reptiles and ...